Improvement in railway car-seats



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JOSEPHA Ives PEASE, ors'roouainea, MASSACHUSETTS. v

Letters Patent No. 106,615, da'terl August 23, 1870. p

IMPROVEMENT IN RAILWAY CAR-SEATS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pari: ol the same.

To all 'whom Muay concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH Ives Pnass, of. Stockbridge, in the county ot' Berkshire and State ot' Massachusettschave invented a new and useful Improvement in Adjustable Railroad GarlSeats; .and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable o thers skilled in the art to make and use the same, ref ercnce being had to the accompanying drawing torming part ofthis specification.v

Figure 1 is "an end view of my improved car-scat, partly in'section through the back.

Figure 2 is a iront view ot' the seat-back, part heilig broken away to show the construction.

Figure 3 is afront view ofthe partition, as itworks over the convex bottom of chair-,to exclude a draught Sviniilarvletters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has fnl' its-object .to furnish an improved scat for railroad cars, which shall` be so constructed that its back and head and foot-rests may be swung or inclined into `such a position that the passenger may reclineor sleep comtbrtablynpon it; and f 1t consists in the construction and combination ot' vthe various parts of the seat, as hereinafter more full ydcseribed.

A represents the end frames ofthe seat, to which 111e bottom B isrsecured.

C is the movable foot-rest, the centers of the ends of which are pivoted to the lower ends of the arms or levers D.

Thespace Vbetween the arms D, Vfoot-rests C, and bottom B of the seat., isfilled up with a close partiiionor diaphragm` E, as shown in tig. 1,'to prevent droughts or currents of air from passing beneath the seat. y

This requires the lower side ofthe-bottom B to be made convex, asshown'in iig. 1, so that the upper cdge ofthe partition E maybe in contact with-the. bottom ofthe scat,h\v.erer itmay be adjusted.

' 'lhe .upper-.part of the arms or Vlevers D pass through a space betweeh the end frames A and theV middle parts otthe cnds ofthe scat-bottom 15and are pivoted to the said ii'ainjesa Vlittle above the npper surface of thesaid scat-bottom B, as shown in tig. 1..`

To the upper ends ofthe arms or levers D are pivoted the lowei` ends of the bars F, the upper ends of which are pivotcdt'o ears attached to the seat-baclt H, so that the seat H may be set at any desired in clination which the ease of the passenger may require. l v

G are curved arms attached to the end parts ofthe scat-back vH,and around which passes a flange or arm,'f, attached to or formed upon the bar F, and

which isprovidcd with a clamping-bolt and rnut,.so

clamped to the arm G. l

The bolts by which the arms or levers D are piv-V that" the said bar,`when adjusted, maybe securely oted to thc end frames A, and the bolts by whichthe bars F are ,connected with the arms G, are provided with hand-nuts, so that, when the seat-back and footrest have been adjusted in their proper positions, they may be secured in suoli positions by turning the'nuts. Or, if desired, the said nuts may be made to be turned with a -key, so as to give the conductor or attendant cessesor'hollows of the seat-backH, and have straps J attached to' them, passing around the outer side of the seat-back H, so that the head-rests l[ may be conveniently drawn entf-and in, as may be required.

Bothends of the head-rests 1 are made exactly alike, so that they may be drawn out of that edge of theY seat-back that may happen to be upward.

The ends of the head-restsl are so formed as to conreniently and comfortably support the head, and are' provided with'wings L, which, when the headrests are pushed in, are folded down upon the body otsaid head-rest, as -shown in tig. 2, and which, when the head-rests are drawn ont, are opened ont, and are held at an angle by their notched lower edges resting upon the uppcrj edge ot the seat-back, as shown in gs. 1 and 2, o r in some other-.suitable manner.

The hcad-rests l I, when adjusted in positiommay be lsecured in place by tightening up the hand-nnt upon the bolt M, which passes through the seat-back, so as to clamp the said head-rests between the parts ofthe said seat-back.

The n nt of the bolt M may also be made to be operated by a key, so las to bring the head-rests also under the control of the conductor or attendant. v

Having thus described my invention,

I.v claim as new and desire to secure by VLetters Y Patent- 1- 'lhe foot-.rest C, close partition E, vibrating side arms D, and convex-bottomed seat B, all constructed,- arranged, and operating together, as." set forth. i Y

2, The winged. head-rests I L, combined with the hollow' back H, as and for the purpose specified.

3. The vibrating arms D, pivoted between the seat andl frame in a vertical plane ruiming transversely through the middle of the seat, and to an upwardlyprojecting bracket of the frames, as shown and de# scribed.

adj ustingfscrcws, combined with the arms D D, as and` 

